Jack Tolhurst Memorial Jamboree
U9 Game Play Guidelines
• There will be 1 official per game
• Faceoffs: Start of the game only
• No off sides SIDE & ICING:
• Games are 2 halves of 22 minutes per half.
• Buzzer is set to 2:00 minute shift length intervals
• On buzzer, players leave puck where it is and go to bench
• Coaches will direct players to “leave the puck”
• Players on bench come on the ice and continue to play
• If there are fewer than 4 players on the bench, the active player
designated to stay out for the following shift must tag up at the bench
prior to racing to play the loose puck
• Both games synchronized through official
FREEZES PUCK:
Goaltender Freezes Puck:
• Whistle to indicate shooting team to back off and call out possession of
team that now gets the puck
• Goaltender gives puck to a teammate to begin play the other way
GOAL IS
Goals
• Whistle to signal goal
• Scoring team backs off to let the team that was scored on retrieve the
puck out of the net
• Play resumes with team that was scored on going on offense
Penalties
• If offending team has the puck it is a change of possession as indicated by
the Referee and puck goes to the other team
• Offending player misses next shift, team still plays full strength